PTO Budget Update: October 2020
The Bishop PTO 2020-2021 budget was unanimously approved at the October 7th PTO Community Meeting.
However, we recognize that the 2020-2021 school year still has many open question marks, and the budget as approved now is likely to have many changes in the future.
This year, the Bishop PTO is prioritizing supporting safe classrooms, safe outdoor spaces, curriculum, and teacher appreciation. While we feel that ALL initiatives that the PTO has supported in recent years are worthy of funding and have been wise uses of funds, this year presents some hard challenges in terms of available funding, and we simply will not be able to fund anything other than essential functions.
We have kicked off our fundraising efforts with the launch of our Annual Fund Campaign, which to date (October 21), has raised approximately $17,609. This represents 73% of our adjusted 2020-21 goal of $24,000.
On October 17th, we hosted the Bishop Pumpkin Sale, which thanks to the generosity of our Bishop Community, raised more than $1700 for the Bishop PTO!
Next week, we launch our Virtual Walkathon which is scheduled for October 30th through November 6th, and Original Works, our holiday art-based fundraiser, is underway, with art due on October 30th.
For expenditures, the Bishop PTO has funded:
However, we recognize that the 2020-2021 school year still has many open question marks, and the budget as approved now is likely to have many changes in the future.
This year, the Bishop PTO is prioritizing supporting safe classrooms, safe outdoor spaces, curriculum, and teacher appreciation. While we feel that ALL initiatives that the PTO has supported in recent years are worthy of funding and have been wise uses of funds, this year presents some hard challenges in terms of available funding, and we simply will not be able to fund anything other than essential functions.
We have kicked off our fundraising efforts with the launch of our Annual Fund Campaign, which to date (October 21), has raised approximately $17,609. This represents 73% of our adjusted 2020-21 goal of $24,000.
On October 17th, we hosted the Bishop Pumpkin Sale, which thanks to the generosity of our Bishop Community, raised more than $1700 for the Bishop PTO!
Next week, we launch our Virtual Walkathon which is scheduled for October 30th through November 6th, and Original Works, our holiday art-based fundraiser, is underway, with art due on October 30th.
For expenditures, the Bishop PTO has funded:
- Social distancing cones and dots
- Outdoor hand washing stations
- Towels, tissues, pencils, glue sticks to stock supply closet
- 186 individual dry erase boards for all grade 3-5 remote/hybrid students
- $200 check to all 19 teachers for class set up and supplies
- $250 check to all 19 class parent(s)